Bushy Park

September 23, 2016 in

Just north of Hampton Court Palace is Bushy Park. Named after the large number of hawthorn bushes that grow within its boundaries, this was yet another park enclosed by Henry VIII as a hunting ground. It is still home to herds of both red and fallow deer. The park is also famed for its Christopher Wren-designed Chestnut Avenue, where locals gather annually on Chestnut Sunday in May for a festival to celebrate the blooming of the trees.